The Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 26.78° S 153.15° E

Issued: 9 am 09 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's The Reef sea temperature is

21.1°C

The Reef surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at The Reef today (09 Sep):

Morning surf: Morning surf (09 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 8s period with SSE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (09 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 5s period with ESE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 8s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for The Reef at 4PM is: 0.6m 5s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00am September 09). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (09 Sep)	4.5ft (1.4m)	8s
Afternoon (09 Sep)	2ft (0.6m)	5s
Evening (09 Sep)	2ft (0.6m)	8s

Table - waves today at The Reef. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

	Short Range Forecast Moderate rain (total 12mm), heaviest on Wed night. Warm (max 20°C on Wed afternoon, min 17°C on Wed night). Mainly strong winds.
	Wednesday 9						Thursday 10								Friday 11
	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM
Rating (10 max)	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 8	SE 5	SE 5	ESE 5	ESE 6	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	SE 4	SE 6	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7
Wave Graph
kJ	248	32	28	19	17	46	46	47	45	300	630	698	696	554	466	336	322	383	372	320	274	243
Wind (km/h)	S	S	SE	ENE	NNE	NNW	SW	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	SSE	SE	SE	SE	SSE	SE	SSE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross-off	glassy	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on
High Tide	6:39AM1.31m				7:00PM1.93m					7:22AM1.45m				7:40PM1.91m				8:04AM1.56m				8:17PM1.84m
Low Tide			12:24PM0.17m					1:31AM0.16m				1:14PM0.14m				2:05AM0.12m				2:00PM0.16m


	5:52	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:50	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	5:37	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:37	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:37	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	2	1	—	—	1	—	1	1	1	—	—	—
Temp °C	16	19	19	20	18	18	17	17	17	18	18	19	18	17	18	17	17	18	19	19	18	18
Feels °C	14	18	18	18	17	17	17	16	13	13	11	12	11	12	13	13	12	13	15	14	14	14
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 5	SE 5	SE 5	E 9	ESE 6	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	E 8	E 15	E 15	E 15	E 15	E 15	E 15	E 14	E 14	E 14	E 13	E 14	E 14	E 14
kJ	49	32	28	14	17	46	46	47	12	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 8	SE 8	E 9	SE 8	E 9	E 8	E 8	E 8	NE 6	E 15	E 15	—	—	—	—	S 23	—	—	S 21	E 14	E 16	NE 15
kJ	15	16	14	11	13	13	13	12	1	4	4	—	—	—	—	11	—	—	9	4	5	9
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 9	E 9	SE 8	NE 6	SE 8	NE 6	ESE 13	ESE 12	E 14	—	—	—	—	—	—	E 13	E 16	—	—	—	—	—
kJ	14	14	10	1	11	1	17	15	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	5	—	—	—	—	—
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 8	—	—	ESE 5	NE 6	—	—	—	SE 4	SE 6	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7
kJ	248	—	—	19	1	—	—	—	45	300	630	698	696	554	466	336	322	383	372	320	274	243
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Rating (10 max)	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	4	4	4	3	2	2	3	2	1	2	1	2	2
Distance (km)	1	1	40	17	17	0	0	1	45	475	475	475	295	159	159	29	45	159	45	159	45	45
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Rating (10 max)	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1							3	3		3		2	2
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	4	5	2	3	3	5	4	4	4	4	4	7	6	6	6	4	4	9	6
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Rating (10 max)	6	9	9	9	9	9	7	7	9	6	5	5	5	9	8	8	9	9	5	5	9	9

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